UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

In the Matter of the Proposed Suspension of the Basic Permit Issued to:

Modus Operandi Cellars, LLC 3125 St. Helena Highway North St Helena, California 94574 Basic Permit CA-W-15827

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DECISION

Concurrent with this decision, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued to Modus Operandi Cellars, LLC (Modus Operandi) an Order to Show Cause why Modus Operandi's authority to operate under basic permit number CA-W-15827 should not be suspended because of willful violations of the conditions of the permit, as set forth in the Order to Show Cause.

Title 27, United States Code, Section 204(e), provides in pertinent part that, by order of the Secretary of the Treasury, and after due notice and opportunity for a hearing to the permittee, a basic permit shall be suspended for such period as the Secretary of the Treasury deems appropriate if the Secretary finds that the permittee has willfully violated any of the conditions of the permit.

Modus Operandi and TTB have entered into a voluntary suspension agreement, incorporated into and made part of this Decision. As part of the agreement, Modus Operandi admits and acknowledges the violations set forth in the Order to Show Cause and waives its right to a hearing. Therefore, under the authority of 27 C.F.R. § 71.79(b), TTB, makes the following Findings and Decision.

EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT

1. The Order to Show Cause issued concurrently with this decision.

2. A stipulated Suspension Agreement executed by an authorized representative ofModus Operandi, admitting the violations alleged in the Order to Show Causeand agreeing to the imposition of a one-day suspension.